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Kavanagh (surname)
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Kavanagh or Kavanaugh is a surname of Irish origin, Caomhánach in Irish. It is one of the few Irish surnames that does not traditionally have an O or a Mac in either English or Irish (as it was is an adjectival or descriptive surname).[1][2][3][4]
Kavanagh Caomhánach | |
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Parent house | Uí Ceinnselaig of Laigin |
Country | Ireland |
Founder | Domhnall Caomhánach King of Leinster (1171–1175) |
Final ruler | Domhnall Spainneach King of Leinster (1595–1632) |
Titles | King of Leinster |
"Ach" is a suffix meaning "related to, having, characterised by, prone to" or "person or thing connected or involved with, belonging to, having". [5] Caomhánach means relating to or belonging to Caomhán. The first Kavanagh (Domhnall Caomhánach) was fostered by the coarb at St. Caomhan's abbey.[6][7] The meaning "
It is also known as Mac Murchadha Caomhánach (an example of an Irish agnomen; see Ó Catharnaigh Sionnach or Fox of Fir Teathbha), but is often now rendered 'Caomhánach'. Rarely it is referred to as 'Ó Caomhánaigh' or 'Ní Caomhánaigh'.